Lord Jesus, i pray that i'll like the bottle!Maternity leave is going to end in a month so it's time to start transitioning baby to a post start work routine.
First of all, we must get baby to the bottle so the helper can feed baby the expressed milk while i bury my head in work. we have been feeding baby by the bottle on/off in the first 2 months and she had no problems taking it.
I just tried giving baby the bottle last week and to my horror, she rejected it and cried so hard and bitterly! Gave me a fright and upon regaining some sanity i think i have a real crisis. We have been treating her to the bottle every day for the past week and each time a big crying battle begins and of course the winner is NOT ME :(
I thus have this advice for new mothers: you may want to express your milk and feed baby once a day so baby can get used to both direct and bottle feeding. I have been pretty faithful in this practice until 2 months but got lazy and went onto complete direct feeding in the past month.
Really praying hard for her relectance to wear off quickly. It's heart wrenching to see her cry, but it would be a more terrible ordeal during weaning if she doesn't take bottles. Let me know if you have any great way to manage this situation.
First of all, we must get baby to the bottle so the helper can feed baby the expressed milk while i bury my head in work. we have been feeding baby by the bottle on/off in the first 2 months and she had no problems taking it.
I just tried giving baby the bottle last week and to my horror, she rejected it and cried so hard and bitterly! Gave me a fright and upon regaining some sanity i think i have a real crisis. We have been treating her to the bottle every day for the past week and each time a big crying battle begins and of course the winner is NOT ME :(
I thus have this advice for new mothers: you may want to express your milk and feed baby once a day so baby can get used to both direct and bottle feeding. I have been pretty faithful in this practice until 2 months but got lazy and went onto complete direct feeding in the past month.
Really praying hard for her relectance to wear off quickly. It's heart wrenching to see her cry, but it would be a more terrible ordeal during weaning if she doesn't take bottles. Let me know if you have any great way to manage this situation.
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